Tuesday, October 22, 2002

CNet.  One thing I don't get about the OSAF are statements like this: "It's not a business threat to Microsoft," Kapor said.... Kapor said the application should appeal to individuals and small businesses who can't afford the license and maintenance costs of complex products like Microsoft Exchange, the server software required for the information-sharing features of Outlook, including e-mail. So, if the OSAF and other open source application providers aren't going after the big vendors because they can't offer the services, support, and complex back-end bells and whistles required for large corporate sales -- who are they going after? [John Robb's Radio Weblog] I don't understand the question. Why does the OSAF have to be "going after" anyone? Isn't the creation of a kick-ass cross-platform PIM that doesn't even require a server a good idea to pursue on its own merits? It would seem to me that the PIM market segment is one that's ripe for some innovation, and that there are good reasons to trust Mitch Kapor's design instincts as well as those of the team he's assembled. Linus Torvalds couldn't go after Microsoft for the same reasons, but was Linux then not worth doing? 11:09:14 PM    comment []

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